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Benny Carter
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Benny Carter was one of five recipients of the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington, and he received the National Medal of Arts in 2000.
Benny Carter passed away on July 12, 2003, a month away from what would have been his 96th birthday on August 8.
Jazz musician.
Inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1988.
He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 7080 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 9, 1995.
Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume 7, 2003-2005, pages 68-70. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2007.
Had one daughter: Joyce Carter.
Was friends with Coleman Hawkins.
Inducted into Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame in 1978.
Has one granddaughter, and one grandson.
Cousin of Theodore Cuban Bennett.
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